Michael Maher’s Excellent Summer Vacation
By: Michael Maher Thoughts and ramblings and numbers concerning the recent “What I Did on My Summer Vacation”/”Hockey Withdrawal” Tour undertaken by Lana and me: 5,648 total miles driven in the rental Chevrolet Malibu. 5,279 of those miles driven with Lana, who brought, among other things, 1 blender and 1 bottle of rum and 1 […]
Allman Brothers Band Score Heavily at the Wiltern
ABB Discovers TM Secret
The Allman Brothers Band has discovered that TicketMaster presales supposedly limited to American Express credit card holders can actually be accessed by other credit cards. This means concert goers with a Visa, or other major credit card, can purchase tickets to the ABB’s 8/13 Jones Beach show during the TM AmEx pre-sale – or tickets […]
Allman Brothers Band Back in the Studio
The Allman Brothers Band is back in the studio, finishing 4 more tracks for the new CD – “Old Before My Time”, “Firing Line”, the as yet unnamed new instrumental, and another untitled surprise. The CD is targeted for release Q1 ’03. Chalk the Allman Brothers Band up as one of the artists responding to […]
The Fillmore Concerts as a Defining Cultural Text
Matt Bouffard When rhythm and blues met country and put on a white face in the mid 1950s, rock and roll was born and the new genre soon displaced jazz as the dominant popular music in American culture. Though it has suffered periodic lulls in the years since, especially recently, rock and roll must be […]
Foundation formed to help preserve Rose Hill Cemetery
Beacon and Beyond: Gregg Allman and Butch Trucks – The Jambands Interview
Ian D’Giff and Dean Budnick Jambands 2002-03-20 The Allman Brothers Band currently is ensconced in New York City, completing its annual Beacon Theater run. This is an active time for the Brothers as they are performing a batch of new songs and are in the midst of recording a studio album, their first since 1994’s […]
Design Firm Hits a High Note
March 8, 2002 By Walter Kita New Haven Register Reprinted with permission HAMDEN — Dan Forth knows it’s only rock ‘n’ roll, but he loves it — and so does everyone else at the Hamden design firm Vivid Images Worldwide. More to the point, the company’s clients — bands like the Allman Brothers, King Crimson, […]